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Auction: 22022 - The Graham Booth Collection of West Indies, Transatlantic Mail and British Ship Letters
Lot: 1548

Ship Letters of the British Isles
England
Dover
1788 (26 July) entire letter from Philadelphia to Poole, marked "p Forrester", rated "5" (deleted) and "10", showing fine "dover/ship-lre" (S.2); 1790 (12 June) entire letter written in the Bay of Biscay to Bath, marked "pr Genl Elliot, Indiaman", rated "5" (deleted) and "10", showing good to fine unframed "dover/ship lre" (S.3); 1797 (13 Feb.) part entire from Philadelphia to London, marked "Ship American, Capt Ewing", rated "7" and showing fine curved "dover/ship-lre" (S.5); 1807 (19 Mar.) entire letter from Paris to London, rated "2/9" and showing double-lined oval "ship-letter/Crown/dover" (S.8; crossed by filing crease); and 1852 (May) entire to London, rated "8" and showing, on reverse across join, reversed step-type "ship letter/dover" in blue (S.11b)

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£220

Starting price
£100